Turn with me now to 1st Peter Chapter 2. We're in the middle of a series called Simply Devoted.

I'm going to continue that series this morning.

While you're turning there, this week I flew in a small plane down to Houston.

We spent some time with the Lakewood church staff getting to know them and so if you remember

on Wednesday there was very severe weather between here in Houston.

So we're flying in a small plane through severe weather and someone had just sent me an email from some bloopers out of pilot training manuals.

And it's just not real good timing, by the way.

So here are some of the excerpts from that.

These are actual things found in various pilot

training manuals. Here's some advice that's given to British pilots. When a crash seems inevitable,

try to strike the softest, cheapest object in the vicinity as slow and

gently as possible.

I'm reading this, you know, right before I get on the plane so this is not good.

Never fly in the same cockpit with someone braver than you.

By the way when I'm flying on American Airlines I don't want a brave pilot.

I want someone that's a total coward that goes down at the first sign of trouble, lands

the plane. No heroes. Here's some also from basic flying rules. Try to stay in the middle

of the air. Do not go near the edges of it. The edges of the air can be

recognized by the appearance of ground, buildings, sea, trees, and interstellar space.

It is much more difficult to fly there.

It's good advice, by the way.

Here's the last one.

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